Door handle



Sept. 15,1925. 1,553,684

. C. E. GERBERICH DOOR HANDLE Filed May 21, 1924 Patented Sept. 15, 1925. v

Application filed Kay 21, 1924. Serial No. 714,775.

To all whom it may concern: a ing 14 at the outer end. Thus the grip pre- Be it known that I, CLARENCE E. GERBE- sents a Symmetrical appearance and the RICH, a citizen of the United States, residmanufacture is somewhat simplified. ing at Aurora, in the county of Kaneand The grip is hollow, thus not only reduc- State of Illinois, have invented a certain mg its weight to a minimum, but'causin it new and useful Improvement in Door Hanto form a housing for completely enclosing dles, of which the following is a specificaand protecting the head of the cap screw 10. tion. e grip is held securely to the handle My'invention relates to handles for locker by the head of the screw 10, and by pref- 1 doors and the like, and the object is to proerence this head is conically tapered to fit vide means by which the gripthat'is, the the interior surface of the grip. part grasped by the operator-may be eas- In assembling, the inner end of the grip ily, securely and at the same time detach- 12 is first inserted into the recess 7, after ably fastened to the rock shaft which opwhich the screw is inserted and screwed 1 crates the door latch. into the threaded recess 8. When screwed I obtain my object by the mechanism illusuglfairly tight a wedging action will result trated in the accompanying drawings, in w 'ch produces a very firm assembly and which j also is very effective in preventing the screw Figure 1 is an assembly view showing my 0m coming loose accidentally.

' device mounted upon a locker door. It will be evident that this produces a Figure 2 is similar to Figure 1 but'shows very light and. simple construction, and yet the grip and a portion of the shaft in one that is extremely effective. As the head section to reveal the internal construction. of the screw is completely housed within Figure 3 is a distributive view similar the grip there is no danger that it will be to Figure 2 but showing the parts separated. struck from the side or suffer any similar ike numerals denote like parts throughtendency to loosen it. Furthermore as a out the several views. result of the Wedging action the screw will In the form selected to illustrate the prinbe much more effectively held than if the ciple of the invention'the rock shaft 1 has a ordinary shoulder contact were relied upon. reduced portion 2 forming a shank to pass Having thus described my invention, what through a suitable aperture in the door 4. I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- The inner end 5 of th shank is squared ters Patent is: to enable it to rotate the latch-o crating 1. A door handle having a rotatable shaft Figure 1 having a rigid socket at the side, a grip exand typifying any form of latching or latchtending at its inner end into said socket, one operatlng element. This element 6 in pracof the parts being tapered to produce a tice is fastened to the shank, and thus conwedging fit, and means for drawing the gri stitutes a keeper to hold the rock shaft jourradially toward the shaft for holding the naled in the door. 1 parts rigidly assembled.

'40. Near the outer end the rock shaft has a 2. A handle for locker doors and the like lateral recess 7 which is conically tapered. havin a rotatable shaft for operating the At the bottom of this recess and coaxial door tching mechanism, a grip for rotatwith it is an internally threaded recess 8 ing it, said shaft'and grip having a tapered for taking the threaded portion of a cap interfittingconnection, and means for drawscrew 10 presently to be described. AS ing the g1-1p' b0ward the shaft for incregsshown, the center line or axis of the recesses mg the wedgmg action of said tapered in- 7 and 8 is radial to the shaft. terfitting connection, said ip being hollow The grip 12, which the operator grasps and said drawing means eing completely when he wishes to manipulate the latch, is housed within it.

' 3. A handle for locker doors and the like having a rotatable shaft for operating the preference not only is the inner end tapered door latching mechanism, said shaft havbut the entire grip is tapered with a beadmg a tapered recess, a grip seating in said recess, and means for drawing said ip into said recess for wedgingly holding t e parts assembled.v

4. A door handle havinga rotatable shaft adapted to be jogrnaled in the door, said shaft having a conically tapered socket formed in its sides, a recess at the bottom of said socket arranged ooaxi ally with it and internallythreaded, a hollow conical grip fitting into said socket," and a screw having ahead adapted-to engage the inner surfaceof the grip andhaving a threaded shank for screwing into said threaded recess for wedgingly holding the grip in the shaft.

5. A door handlehaving arotatable shaft adapted to be journaled in the door, said shaft having a conically tapered socket formed in its side, a recess at the bottom of said socketarranged coaxially with it and internally threaded, a hollow conical grip fitting into said socket, and a screw having a head adapted to engage the inner surface of the grip and having a threaded shank for screwing into said threaded recess for wedgingly holding the grip in the shaft, the grip extending outward to a substantial distance beyond the head of the screw to form a housing for the screw.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub-- scribed my name.

CLARENCE E. GERBERIGH 

